The women's race starting. Photo courtesy of GLVC Sports Network.
It was sunny and slightly breezy on Saturday, Oct. 7, when the Seawolves lined up to race in Romeoville, Illinois. Runners took their place along the edge of a field that necked down to a grassy course that made up the route of the meet.
A livestream of the event was broadcast on the GLVC Sports Network.
Thirty one men’s teams and 33 women’s teams competed in the meet.
The women’s race was first, running a distance of 6K. UAA’s Nell Baker was the fastest female Seawolf, coming in 28th.
Seawolves Tressa Wood and Avery Williamson came in 129th and 169th respectively, according to the race results.
The women’s team placed 22nd overall with 586 points.
Team scores are calculated by assigning the top five runners for each team points based on their standing. First place gets one point, second gets two, etc. The points are added up for each team and the team with the lowest score wins.
For the men’s race, the fastest Seawolf was Cole Nash. He placed 10th in the men’s 8K race.
Following him were Michael Zapherson in 16th and George Payne in 48th. The men’s team placed sixth overall with 230 points.
According to goseawolves.com, head coach Ryan Mcwilliams said that the team didn’t quite accomplish what they wanted to during the meet.
But he went on to say, “Even with everything not going our way, we competed well and hard in both races and are feeling confident going into this championship portion of the season.”
The last time the Seawolves competed in the Crossover was back in 2017, according to goseawolves.com. UAA’s Caroline Kurgat earned first place for the women’s team, and the women’s team came in third place overall.
Nash made improvements on the placing of UAA’s Edwin Kangogo, who came in 19th in 2017. The men’s overall standing matched this year’s performance at 6th place. Though in 2017 the team earned 223 points, 7 less than this year.
Looking forward, the Seawolves will be hosting the GNAC Championship for the first time in 22 years on Oct. 21 at Kincaid Park.
The event is free to the public and the women’s race is set to begin at 11 a.m. followed by the men’s race at noon.
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